Garland or festoon.



M. L. BEISTLE.

GARLAND 0R FESTOON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-l0. m1.

Patanted-Nov. 20, 1917.

ita see- 1' g ew 011s, bf' ih e thefifl ii? y I I h s inyen o n re te to garland Iorffesber which is ,to serveasa-hanger for, affiat' emblem, flag or other device;" andi one' of the important features of my invention is to provide a form of connection between thehanger and the suspended emblem which insures that when the garland is in'lits extended condition the emblem will hang herefrom with t fac pa a t he lin r of extension of the garland,

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than those stated above, together with the advantages inherent, will be in part obvious and in part specifically referred to in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts, and applications of princlples constituting the invention; and the scope of rotection contemplated will ap ear from t e claims.

11 the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of this speclfication, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of an extensible tissue paper festoon or garland, in its extended condition and illustrating fiat drops or ornaments suspended therefrom and with its face parallel to the line of extension of the sup orting garland; Fi 2 is a view similar to ig. 1, but showing t e suspended drop turned at right angles from its pos r ie nsewei 1P we UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

: B re ifi afl n f e e t. PatentedNovt20, 1917.

it p or ri 1; Fig. 4- is anew similar oJFlg. '3, but with the supporting garland Re ring a) the numerals on thef'drawn'gs were isshownat 5"a n' extensible gar: land 'rnade of a plurality .of' sheets or tissue paper suitably shaped, colored and embellished, connected together adjacei1t their edges and preferablybetween the edges, so as to: forrnwhen extended a honeycomb structure and when-compacted to lie fia't one upon the other; These tissue ap'er. sheets are nsiuall'y 'secured together y' pasting, and a supportingpcord 6 runs through them all. Relatively stifl end members 7 complete the garland, which it may be stated, is as thus far described, of a kn'ownconstruction; v

According to my"presen't invention I in sent at intervals'in the length of the garland, hangers S, which are merelyfl'at members pasted betweenadjacent tissue paper sheets and h ying a slotted proj ection' 9 extending wel'ljbeyond the edges of' the tissue Ip'aper sheets 'between which it is held. Aflatger'n' blem orornam'ent, such'as a' flag, or shield, or star, or other device is indicatedbythe numeral 10, and' is provided with a vertical slot ll, with which the vertically slotted projection 9 of -the hanger is *engaged. env the e es vis e t nded, t e m enem 's the emblem 10 will be 'toas' same the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5, that is, at a right angle to the hanger 8, but parallel to the line of extension of the garland. The result of this form of connection between the suspended emblem or ornament and the garland isthat the em blem will be parallel with the line of extension of the garland so that it will be clearly visible. When, however, the garland is compacted, as for transportation or storage, the emblem may readily be turned on its hanger to the position shown in Figs. 3 aud t, when it will be parallel to t hanger 8, and to the tissue aper sheets which make up the arlan The advantage of this for packing and transportation is obvious.

I conceive it to be of the essence of my invention that an extensible garland of the kind referred to has suspended from it a fiat emblem or ornament with a connection between them such that in the use of the 1.- A devitu ge us ,cc rnpacte garland the suspended flat emblem (ir'fifrfament normally takesla'pasibi'en withiltsvlfap parallel to the line of extension of the garland, but may be readily maniplfl'ated"'tc bring it aarallelto the individual sheets of '1).pr m lting up theigarlantl, thatds!'tirsui y,

transverse to the line ofi ezgtensiqn pther forms of connection than that illustrated e ike mp w t i: ism chses me 0 in, t 'e iiabbv cn'str ictlon, and ta my lnventl'cn could be n dd? Witlicilt' Q'pIai'ting, r m; the scqre 5k 9f 1& mend d he-kal lj fi attcr"con in d i 6' abc e'dficrifi ml drlaviingfi all; be; 'interpreted as illustrative and not a; li mitigizg and all st 'a'teinents cf the scopef'of 'Ithe inx'yeliticnyylii ch, lIlgttlll-Ql pf language,

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comprising aneXten'sible garland including a plurality; of members connected ,etcgctherl to form an extensible. stru,(it lire, aid members lying ft upcn each, cther vyhen the" struc-v drcfp $1.1 sygjariiile d from the. structure and, haviii normal pcsi'tipn whenflthe 'garlaind is (intended in which. its face is parallel wi h theQline-Qf extensiqn of thegarland animable of being moved so ,that it s face v /ill? be transyerse to the dine 0f nitensicn cf the garlen n v- 5 Y Y a device ofthe kind described, comnamefiafi es (1511131 lie made.

d, and a T flat crnament or prising an extensible garland including a plumifiycirmembersmsmmet together to form an extensible structure, said members lyi'l-g flat "upon each other when the structure is compacted, a hanger secured to the structure mihd a flat ornament onzrkmpzsus- ,pcnd ed fro nsai dh nger and having 2. nor- 'I'n'al 'gdsli'lticngvlfeh' the gai'llalnd isi1 exlienlded in W ie its aceis 1'3,.Q.Wit t e .ar an j a y; in'tlifepresencecfia 'witfress.

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